What was Roland doing before he became a Stephen King character?

Many readers are aware that Browning’s poem about Roland helped to inspire Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. But did you know the Roland character had been around, in one form or another, for hundreds of years before Robert Browning told one version of his story? Read the rest of Roland’s history in Roots of the Dark Tower. Kindle or paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Roots-Dark-Tower-Quest-Roland-ebook/dp/B089R7C694